Major General Philip Kearny
June 16, 2023 Lesson Plan: Major General Philip Kearny This lesson provides an overview of the life of Major General Philip Kearny, an Army officer...
June 16, 2023 Lesson Plan: Major General Philip Kearny This lesson provides an overview of the life of Major General Philip Kearny, an Army officer notable for his leadership in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. The lesson, which features author William Styple speaking at an event hosted by the Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown, New Jersey, opens with reflective questions that ask students to consider the most well known leaders of the Civil War era. Students then view an introductory video clip in which Styple discusses how Kearny's contemporaries described him.